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First Impact Assessment of Genotoxic Components in the Qatari Marine Environment
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
The Arabian Gulf is a semi-enclosed sea with very high evaporation and low discharge rates resulting in extreme saline and thermal conditions. Additionally the system is characterized by a weak hydrodynamic flushing resulting ...
Meanings of Women's Agency: Improving Measurement in Context
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Decades of research has been conducted to understand the processes that under gird women's empowerment and one of its core components-women's agency. However, few inroads have been made into the study of how these processes ...
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Our data, be it personal or professional, is increasingly outsourced. This results from the development of cloud computing in the past ten years, a paradigm that shifts computing to a utility. Even without realizing it, ...
Prevalence of microplastics in the marine waters of Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
The issue of plastic pollution in the marine environment is of increasing global concern. As plastics typically have an intrinsic durability, water insolubility and slow degradation rates, debris has now become both ...
Advanced wastewater treatment using microalgae: Effect of temperature on removal of nutrients and organic carbon
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Institute of Physics Publishing
, 2017 , Conference Paper)
This study evaluated the use of mixed indigenous microalgae (MIMA) as a treatment process for wastewaters and CO2 capturing technology at different temperatures. The study follows the growth rate of MIMA, CO2 Capturing ...
Antimicrobial Modification of LDPE Using Non-thermal Plasma
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) represents polymer having good chemical and physical characteristics for which it is widely used in many applications, such as biomedical and food packaging industry. This polymer excels by ...
Marine collection in Qatar - basis for biodiversity management
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Biological Collections, which deal directly with identifying and documenting biodiversity, have a major role in assisting biodiversity management. They form the basis for research, documenting flora and fauna and creating ...
Geochemical composition of dust from Qatar peninsula
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Atmospheric dust samples have been collected from different areas in Qatar and analyzed for major and trace element composition. This region of the Arabian Gulf represents an area largely affected by dust from natural and ...
Microalgae biomass production in municipal wastewater and use of the produced biomass as sustainable biofertilizer
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
Due to the lack of natural water sources, and cost and environmental issues associated with water desalination, Qatar currently emphasizes on the reuse of current wastewater sources, which includes conventional and ...
Synthesis and Properties of Novel NiBAlN Nanocomposite Coatings
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2018 , Conference Paper)
Degradation of materails due to corrosion has now emerged as an international challenge which is compelling the community to trace out some smart solutions on priority basis. Corrosion mitigation is not only important as ...